The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-03
General and Miscellaneous.

The Wickes Refrigerator Car Company to
build two hundred and fifty cars for service
specially on the roads operated under the Erie
management
Thirty passenger conductors have zee
laid off on the Texas Pacific road within the last
thirty days. and in most cases freight conductors
have taken their places.
Steps are being taken to reoreanZe and con-
solidate the divisions of the Chicago Omaha q
Western road, which are located in Kansas and
Nebraska, and to extend the road to Omaha.
Vice-president Potter. of the Union Pacific,
contemplates taking trip by sea from Portland
to Alaska, with view of putting on a line CT
steamers to run in connection with the Union
Pacific.
The Cook refrigerator car, which is owned by
Omaha parties m ade it's first trip to New York
last week 1t beat all car records it is stated.
running through to New York without re-icing,
starting with 5000 pounds.
company has been incorporated known as
the Rapid City. Wyoming 81 Western which
proposes to build from Rapid City and other
poin It's in the Black Hills. The capital, which is
81, 600, 600. has all been paid in
The new bridge of the Union Pacific. at
Omaha, was completed on May 81. The Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company have let the
contract for the building of fine steel bridge
the Willamette river, in Oregon, to the
same contractors.
The Railway Age reports the amount of new
railroad track. main line, laid in the United
States from Jan. l to June l, 1887, to be 2. 351
miles, addition of 1877 miles since last months
equaed at this season of the year, with the sim
gle exception of the year 1882.
The Fitchburg Railroad Company, June' 1.
took possession Of the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel q
Western road thereby securing connection with
the West Shore road at Rotterdam Junction.
An Independent entrance TO Saratoga is also Sc
cured This new deal gives the Fitchburg 800
miles OF road and prominent position for through
passenger and freight traffic Of the trunk lines.
The litigation which the Wisconsin Central is
drifting into is the old story of an obstinate
bondholder trying to get advantage over his as
sociates and to force the trustees to buy peace
by giving him a preference. The party who
brings suit holds p per cent of the old bonds,
and has been for five years past opposing the
will and desire of 973 per cent of the bond
holders.
Considerable interest is shown as to what will
be the result of the Pittsburg e Lake Erie re-
quest to the Interstate commerce Commission 20
relieve them of the fourth section OF the new
law. This road for some time has been in the
habit of taking freight from Pittsburg to New
York and Boston, by bringing il west consid-
cradle distance before starting it eastward.
Their route is $50 miles longer than the direct
routes. The road wants to continue to do,
and at as low rates as the Pennsylvania road.
Articles of association were filed at the Office
of tho Secretary Of State, at Springfield, ILL.,,
yesterday, for the Pekin & Danvile Railway
Company. 1t s intended to construct railroad
from Pekn through the counties of Tazewell.
Mclean, Dewitt, Piatt, Champaign and Yer
million, to point on the eastern boundary line
of the State of Illinois. where the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western railroad crosses the
line The capital stock is to be So, 825.00O The
incorporators are G. w. Fairbanks and Otto
Gresham. of Indianapolis; f. L. Stewart J. b.
Mason and Will Beckwith. of Danville
An evil practice has grown up along the Erie
road of allowing employees to assign wages to
brokers' who advance money on the assignments
at or 10 per cent. a month, thus impoverishlng
the wage-earners who get into their clutches.
The Erie railroad recently refused to recognize
these assignments giving notice at the begin
ming of the present fiscal year that they were
usurious and void. Some of the brokers having
attempted to enforce them. conductor got a
healthy decision from Justice c. F. Brown, of
the Supreme Court at Newburg, last week,
characterizing the practice in severe terms and
relieving wages of such engagements